Genesis Farm is a project of the Dominican Sisters of Caldwell, N.J. It combines spirituality, education and sustainable agriculture to promote human and ecological health and to foster a feeling of mutuality with nature. It is based in Blairstown, N.J.

The Center for Earth Spirituality is a ministry of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Mankato, Minn. The center promotes awareness and ways of living that support the interdependence of all life. Contact is Lisa Coons.

The Franciscan Earth Literacy Center is an organization committed to promoting sustainability and a healthy relationship with the environment. It is a mission of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Charity and is based in Tiffin, Ohio.

Kathleen Townsend was Maryland’s first woman lieutenant governor, from 1995 to 2003, and is the author of Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches Mixed God With Politics and Lost Their Way.

Environmental Ministries of Southern California is based in San Diego and works with local congregations to highlight the spiritual and religious aspects of environmental issues through outreach, political advocacy, networking and programs. Contact the Rev. Peter Moore-Kochlacs.

Michael Pasquier is an associate professor of philosophy and religion at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where he specializes in the history of religion and culture in the U.S. He teaches courses on religion and cinema, religion in Louisiana and religion in Southern culture, as well as a course on American Catholicism.

Robin Globus Veldman is a visiting scholar at Texas A&M University. She studies the relationship between religion and the environment, with a focus on American evangelicalism.

Bill Jacobs is co-founder and president of the St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Conservation Center in Wading River, N.Y. He also is the senior ecologist with GEI Consultants in New York City.

Andrew Szasz is professor and chair of sociology at the University of California-Santa Cruz. He is co-author of the book How the World’s Religions Are Responding to Climate Change.